Job description

Role Description

We are looking for a smart, enthusiastic AI/ML Engineer or Data Scientist who is passionate about leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve complex problems. As an integral member of our team, you'll be responsible for conceptualizing, developing, and deploying innovative AI/ML solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work on diverse projects, providing bespoke solutions to our clients.

We believe small, multi-disciplinary teams are most effective in delivering complex change. As such, we are looking for someone with a collaborative mindset who is happy to be flexible and take on different responsibilities over the lifetime of our projects.

As an AI/ML Engineer, you will be an experienced developer with a strong interest in state-of-the-art AI and Machine Learning technologies. You’ll be primarily “hands-on” and actively providing technical expertise across a broad range of AI/ML disciplines, including NLP, especially LLMs and RAGs, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with clients to understand their unique challenges and deliver tailored AI/ML solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, efficient, and robust end-to-end ML/AI systems.
• Manage the entire ML/AI development lifecycle, including planning, pipeline management, and deployment.
• Provide technical support to engineering team members, promoting best practices in ML engineering.
• Collaborate with AI Practice Lead to inform and shape the company's AI strategic direction.

Job requirements

Role requirements - technical skills and experience

This role will suit a highly capable AI/ML Engineer with at least 5 years of experience. Skills and experience should include:

• Extensive experience in AI/ML development, particularly in NLP, computer vision, and machine learning domains.
• Robust software engineering background, with a track record of leading agile teams and expedited delivery of complex projects.
• Proficiency in designing and maintaining AI/ML solutions that are cost-effective, accurate, and scalable.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to think analytically.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the aptitude to navigate complex project requirements with clients and stakeholders.
• A growth mindset with a commitment to personal and professional development.
• Excellent command/highly proficient in spoken and written English (working directly with UK/US based clients).
• Leadership experience.

Essential skills:

• Advanced knowledge of Python specifically for machine learning and data science.
• Experience with ML/DL frameworks like TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and scikit-learn.
• Familiarity with LLM frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or Haystack.
• Proficiency in cloud services related to ML/AI (e.g., Azure, OpenAI, Hugging Face, AWS, GCP).

Nice to have:

• Certification as an Azure AI Engineer Associate or equivalent credentials is highly advantageous.
• Experience developing Agentic AI solutions.
• Experience with C# or Java, node.js.
• Knowledge in MLOps, encompassing the ML applications development lifecycle and toolsets.

Role requirements – soft skills
Key attributes and behaviours to succeed in this role will be:

• Customer Focus – passion for understanding the problem we are trying to solve with software and to advocate solutions to your client.
• Delivery focus - strong analysis and problem-solving skills. Ability to evaluate, design and implement effective solutions. Flexibility to adapt skills to a spectrum of client engagements, use cases and modes of change delivery.
• Exemplary standards of personal integrity and respect for others – professional approach to all aspects of client engagement and collaborative team working, able to quickly build relationships based on trust and transparency. Strong presentation and written and verbal communication are essential given the client facing nature of the role.
• Value driven - Creative thinking, with aptitude for innovation and strong desire to exceed client expectations.
• Energy – positive attitude and determination to learn and succeed.

For more information about working at gravity9 please go to www.gravity9.com.